James Dickson Leach,

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, JP (19 July 1912 – 23 February 1992) was a British businessman in Hong Kong. He was an unofficial member of the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

in the 1960s. Leach was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in July 1912. He was an associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and worked with the

Union Insurance Society of Canton The Union Insurance Society of Canton (commonly known as the Union) was a major Hong Kong-based insurance company regarded in the early 20th century as one of the four leading British businesses, or " hongs", of colonial Hong Kong alongside Hong Ko ...

and became the director and general manager of the company in 1959 after L. B. Stone retired from the office. He also served at the

Hongkong Electric Company The Hongkong Electric Company (HEC; ) is one of Hong Kong's two main electricity generation companies, the other being China Light & Power. The company is owned by several companies including Power Assets Holdings, State Grid Corporation of Chi ...

among other companies. He was elected chair of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in 1967. He had served unofficial member of the

for several occasions in the 1960s as the chamber representative during the absence of

W. C. G. Knowles William Charles Goddard Knowles, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Master of Arts, MA, Legum Doctor, LLD, Justice of Peace, JP (; 12 January 1908 – 13 January 1969) was a British businessman in Hong Kong. He was general manager of the Butterf ...

and G. R. Ross. He succeeded S. S. Gordon on 1 July 1966 and continued to serve on the council until his retirement in May 1968. He was also president of the Insurance Institute of Hong Kong. He died in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland in February 1992.

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